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Afahria — The Wicked Worm

by Billy Woodward

The first episode of Billy Woodward’s dark-fantasy family-pub sitcom, with a disclosed Showrunner / Fable production partnership.

Format
Short film
Genre
Dark fantasy comedy · series episode
Year
2026
Runtime
4 min
Added
7 Oct 2026

Episode 1: The Wicked Worm was published by Billy Woodward on October 6. The original X video plays for approximately 3 minutes 34 seconds. This is a complete titled episode, not a trailer or a model demonstration.

Why this episode matters

The series centres on a struggling family-run pub, a premise Woodward relates to his own childhood above a country bar and restaurant. That gives the fantastic ensemble an everyday dramatic setting: people sharing a business and a space, with recurring relationships to sustain comedy.

Two-location staging makes continuity particularly visible. The viewer must recognise where people are and how they relate across cuts; a new visual flourish cannot replace that geography. Woodward’s account of preparing variations before generation addresses this practical problem directly.

What is disclosed

The production partnership and preparation techniques are attributed to the creator. The checked release thread does not name individual performers, a full crew or exact generation models. Those unknowns do not prevent inclusion of the released story. Playback and source evidence were checked; no full critical review is claimed.

Production notebook

What the makers have disclosed. Credits may be partial.

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Production partnership

Produced in partnership with Showrunner / Fable, according to Woodward. Individual crew roles, budget and model versions are not disclosed in the checked thread.

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Blocking and locations

The creator describes a sitcom staged in two locations; location and blocking consistency across generations were his biggest challenge.

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Preproduction

He created characters, props, environments and variations before generation to streamline production.

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